CRM migration

Migrate from Trade Service Pro to Salesforce Sales Cloud

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Trade Service Pro and Salesforce Sales Cloud. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Salesforce Sales Cloud.

Trade Service Pro logo

Trade Service Pro

Source

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Destination

Salesforce Sales Cloud logo

Compatibility

100%

11 of 11

objects map 1:1 between Trade Service Pro and Salesforce Sales Cloud.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

48–72 hours

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Trade Service Pro is a field-service management platform built around work orders, scheduling, technician dispatch, and job-based invoicing. It stores customer records, estimate documents, timesheet data, and job-level financials as operational objects rather than a traditional CRM. Salesforce Sales Cloud uses the Account–Contact–Opportunity model, supplements sales activity with Case records for service work, and relies on custom fields for industry-specific data. The migration carries everything Trade Service Pro stores natively — customers, contacts, work orders, invoices, attachments, and custom fields — into Salesforce's schema. The harder problems are translating work orders into Cases (or custom Service_Order__c objects), mapping Trade Service Pro's payment status flags to Salesforce custom fields, preserving invoice line-item history in custom objects, and resolving technician owner IDs to Salesforce User records. Workflows, scheduling rules, and dispatch logic do not migrate — they must be rebuilt in Salesforce's Flow builder or a scheduling add-on. FlitStack AI sequences the migration using Salesforce Bulk API 2.0 and handles all type-aware field transformations before the final load.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

Trade Service Pro logo

Trade Service Pro

What's pushing teams away

  • No public API means third-party integrations or automated data pipelines are not possible, pushing growing companies toward platforms like ServiceTitan or Jobber that offer developer access.
  • Support is ticket-based with no clear SLA, and several reviews of similar FSM platforms cite slow response times as a reason for switching.
  • Limited scalability beyond 11–50 employees means companies that grow past that range often need a more robust platform with advanced dispatch and reporting.
  • Sync issues and reliability bugs, reported across comparable FSM tools, cause field teams to lose confidence in the system during active jobs.

Choosing

Salesforce Sales Cloud logo

Salesforce Sales Cloud

What's pulling them in

  • The AppExchange marketplace with 5,000+ prebuilt apps gives enterprises integrations for nearly every business workflow without custom development.
  • Native Einstein AI for lead scoring, opportunity insights, and predictive forecasting adds intelligence without a separate platform purchase.
  • Territory management, multi-currency support, and advanced forecasting satisfy the needs of complex B2B sales organizations with structured revenue teams.
  • Slack, Tableau, and CPQ are deeply integrated into the core platform, keeping the sales stack unified for teams already in the Salesforce ecosystem.
  • Organizations with a large, established Salesforce implementation choose it because switching costs — integrations, custom code, trained admins — are prohibitive.

Object mapping

How Trade Service Pro objects map to Salesforce Sales Cloud

Each row shows how a Trade Service Pro object lands in Salesforce Sales Cloud, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

Trade Service Pro

Customer

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Account

1:1
Fully supported

Trade Service Pro customer records map directly to Salesforce Account objects. Customer name maps to Account.Name, and the primary phone number maps to Account.Phone. If the customer is a business entity rather than an individual, no further splitting is required.

Trade Service Pro

Contact

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Trade Service Pro contact records map to Salesforce Contact objects. Each contact requires a parent AccountId — FlitStack AI resolves this by matching the contact's parent customer name to the migrated Account.Name. Unmatched contacts land in a default placeholder account for review.

Trade Service Pro

Job (Work Order)

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Case (or Service_Order__c)

1:1
Fully supported

Trade Service Pro work orders are the core operational record. They map to Salesforce Case records by default. If the organization uses Field Service Lightning, the records are created as ServiceAppointment parent records. Job status (Scheduled, In Progress, Completed, Cancelled) maps to Salesforce Case Status values via value mapping.

Trade Service Pro

Estimate

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Trade Service Pro estimates are pre-job quote documents. They map to Salesforce Opportunity objects with the estimate total as the Opportunity.Amount. Line items from the estimate map to OpportunityLineItems via PriceBookEntry, which requires a Salesforce Product2 record to exist first.

Trade Service Pro

Invoice

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Custom Invoice__c object

1:1
Fully supported

Salesforce has no native invoice object. Trade Service Pro invoice records (including line items, totals, and payment status) migrate to a custom Invoice__c object with an Invoice_Line_Item__c child object. The parent Account lookup resolves via customer name match. During migration, we preserve the original invoice number as a custom field for straightforward cross-referencing and audit trails.

Trade Service Pro

Timesheet / Time Entry

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Custom Time_Entry__c object

1:1
Fully supported

Trade Service Pro timesheet data has no direct Salesforce equivalent. Each time entry migrates as a Time_Entry__c record with a lookup to the parent Job (Case) and to the technician User record. Clock-in and clock-out timestamps preserve as custom datetime fields.

Trade Service Pro

Technician / Staff Member

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

User

1:1
Fully supported

Trade Service Pro staff records map to Salesforce User objects by email match. Technicians who do not have a corresponding Salesforce login are flagged before migration — the team either provisions a Salesforce user or assigns their records to a fallback UserId.

Trade Service Pro

Attachment / File

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

ContentDocument / Attachment

1:1
Fully supported

Trade Service Pro file attachments on jobs, invoices, or customers re-upload to Salesforce Files (ContentDocument/ContentVersion model). File size limits apply — Salesforce Files cap at 2GB per file. Inline images in notes are downloaded and rehosted. We also verify file type compatibility and recreate folder structures to maintain organized access in Salesforce.

Trade Service Pro

Intake Form / Lead Source

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Lead

1:1
Fully supported

Trade Service Pro incoming lead or intake records map to Salesforce Lead objects. Lead source, referral information, and ad-source tracking fields map to custom Lead fields. Unqualified leads land as Leads; qualified leads route to the Account–Contact path. We preserve the original lead creation date as a custom datetime field to keep historical timing for reporting.

Trade Service Pro

Payment Record

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Custom Payment__c object

1:1
Fully supported

Trade Service Pro payment records (amount, method, date, gateway status) migrate to a custom Payment__c object with a lookup to the parent Invoice__c record. Payment status (Paid, Pending, Failed) preserves as a custom pick-list field for reconciliation reporting. We also map the gateway transaction ID to a custom text field to support audit and refund workflows.

Trade Service Pro

Custom Field (TSP-specific)

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Custom Field (__c)

1:1
Fully supported

Any custom properties defined on Trade Service Pro customers, jobs, or invoices migrate as Salesforce custom fields on the corresponding object. The __c suffix is applied per Salesforce convention. Field-level security settings are applied per profile at migration time. We also generate a field mapping worksheet that lists each source field, its destination __c counterpart, and the assigned profile permissions for quick review.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

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Trade Service Pro gotchas

High

No public API forces reliance on in-app CSV exports

Medium

Active timesheet timers do not export in CSV

Medium

eSign status on Proposals does not carry over

Low

Attachment bulk download requires separate handling

Medium

No schema documentation complicitates field mapping

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Salesforce Sales Cloud gotchas

High

Workflow Rules and Process Builder are retired

High

Bulk API batch quota exhaustion during large imports

Medium

Storage overage billing is non-obvious

Medium

Account-Contact many-to-many relationship mapping

Low

Territory and team member import ordering dependencies

Pair-specific challenges

  • Work orders require a custom object or Case-based schema decision before data lands

    Trade Service Pro work orders are the primary operational record, but Salesforce has no native work-order object. FlitStack AI defaults to mapping work orders as Salesforce Case records, which works for service-oriented organizations. However, if your Trade Service Pro setup includes job-costing, parts inventory, or multi-technician dispatch logic, you may need a custom Service_Order__c object with a Line_Item__c child and a Work_Order_Resource__c junction — this must be designed before the migration plan is finalized. We deliver the schema design document as part of the pre-migration scoping call.

  • Invoice history has no native Salesforce home and requires a custom object

    Trade Service Pro stores full invoice records including line items, payment status, and gateway responses. Salesforce Sales Cloud has no native invoice object at the CRM level — it relies on Salesforce Payments or an external accounting integration for invoicing. Migrated invoice data must live in a custom Invoice__c object and an Invoice_Line_Item__c child. The custom object DML requires page layout assignment and field-level security rules per profile before records can be viewed by users. We create these objects as part of the migration schema setup.

  • Technician staff records must map to Salesforce User objects before job ownership resolves

    Trade Service Pro technicians are staff records with scheduling privileges. In Salesforce, only User records can own records — Contact and Account records cannot own Cases. If your technicians do not have Salesforce user licenses, their migrated jobs will have null OwnerId values unless you provision a Salesforce user or assign a dispatcher as the fallback OwnerId. We resolve this by matching technician email addresses to existing Salesforce users. Unmatched technicians are flagged in the pre-migration report so your admin can decide before the load runs.

  • Trade Service Pro API access limitations affect how we extract data

    Trade Service Pro API access limitations affect how we extract data. Unlike Salesforce, which exposes a comprehensive REST and Bulk API, Trade Service Pro's public API documentation and export capabilities are less thoroughly documented in available sources. FlitStack AI uses Trade Service Pro's data export endpoints and, where direct API access is limited, supplements with structured CSV exports from the platform. Data volumes and custom field counts affect the extraction timeline. We confirm export method viability during the scoping call.

  • Scheduling and dispatch rules do not migrate — the dispatch board is rebuilt separately

    Trade Service Pro's scheduling board, technician availability rules, and dispatch logic are application-level automation that lives in the Trade Service Pro scheduler. Salesforce Sales Cloud has no native dispatch capability — scheduling requires Field Service Lightning (a separate product at additional cost) or a third-party scheduling app from the AppExchange. FlitStack AI migrates the job data and technician assignments, but the scheduling rules must be rebuilt in your chosen scheduling tool post-migration.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Trade Service Pro to Salesforce Sales Cloud data migration

  1. Scoping call and data inventory

    FlitStack AI reviews your Trade Service Pro data inventory — customer count, contact count, work order volume, estimate count, invoice count, custom field definitions, and attachment volume. We also confirm your Salesforce edition and identify whether Field Service Lightning or a custom scheduling object will be needed. The output is a detailed migration scope document and a data extraction plan that works within Trade Service Pro's export capabilities.

  2. Stand up Salesforce custom objects and fields

    Before data moves, FlitStack AI creates the custom objects (Invoice__c, Time_Entry__c, Service_Order__c) and custom fields (__c suffix) required to host Trade Service Pro data that has no native Salesforce home. We also create the field-level security profiles, page layout assignments, and record-type configurations needed for each custom object. Your Salesforce admin approves the schema design before any objects are created.

  3. Extract, cleanse, and map data

    We extract customer, contact, job, estimate, invoice, and timesheet records from Trade Service Pro using the available export method. During extraction, we run field-level mapping — transforming date formats, resolving pick-list values, cleaning duplicate customer names, and matching technician email addresses to Salesforce User records. Owner resolution is validated against your Salesforce user list and unmatched owners are flagged for manual resolution before the load.

  4. Sample migration with field-level diff

    A representative slice of records — typically 100–500 covering customers, contacts, jobs, invoices, and a few attachments — loads into your Salesforce sandbox first. We generate a field-level diff report comparing source values against destination field values so you can verify mapping accuracy before the full run. Any mapping corrections are applied before proceeding. The diff highlights discrepancies in picklist values, date formats, and owner assignments, allowing your team to request adjustments before the final data load. After approvals, the corrected mapping template is locked for the production run.

  5. Full migration with delta-pickup cutover

    The full dataset loads into Salesforce production using Salesforce Bulk API 2.0 for large record sets. A delta-pickup window (24–48 hours) captures any records created or modified in Trade Service Pro during the cutover window. An audit log records every operation, and a one-click rollback is available if reconciliation reveals unexpected discrepancies. Your team continues working in Trade Service Pro throughout the cutover.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Trade Service Pro

Source

Strengths

  • All-in-one FSM bundle covering CRM, proposals, invoicing, and scheduling for trade contractors.
  • Month-to-month subscription with no annual contract commitment.
  • 30-day free trial with no credit card required for sign-up.
  • Integrated payment processing marketed as accelerating collections for field service businesses.
  • User permission controls differentiate back-office and field technician access levels.

Weaknesses

  • No public API documented, preventing automated integrations or programmatic data exports.
  • No published pricing tiers on the website; cost transparency requires a sales conversation.
  • Small company footprint (11–50 employees, <$5M revenue) suggests limited enterprise-scale features.
  • Support is ticket-based with no documented SLA, leading to unpredictable response times.
  • Schema is undocumented; custom fields and object relationships are not publicly described.
Salesforce Sales Cloud logo

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Destination

Strengths

  • Largest enterprise app ecosystem in CRM with 5,000+ AppExchange integrations covering nearly every vertical workflow.
  • Native Einstein AI delivers lead scoring, opportunity insights, and predictive forecasting without a third-party layer.
  • Advanced territory management, multi-currency, and flexible forecasting satisfy complex B2B revenue structures.
  • Deep platform extensibility: Custom Objects, Apex, Flow, and the Metadata API allow full schema customization.
  • Well-documented REST API, Bulk API, and Composite API with published rate limits for programmatic migration.

Weaknesses

  • Pricing model is layered and opaque in practice: per-seat fees plus storage overages, add-on subscriptions, and annual uplifts compound to 30–40% above sticker price.
  • Workflow Rules and Process Builder are deprecated, forcing all orgs onto Salesforce Flow — a migration task that catches many teams by surprise.
  • Steep administrative complexity: meaningful configuration requires a dedicated Salesforce admin or consultant.
  • API rate limits are edition-gated (100k/day base for Enterprise) and easily exhausted by large historical imports without throttling.
  • Data export is exportable via Data Loader but preserving relationship integrity across 30+ objects requires careful ETL sequencing.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard CRM migration. 1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Trade Service Pro and Salesforce Sales Cloud.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    Trade Service Pro: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

    Trade Service Pro doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.

Estimator

Estimate your Trade Service Pro to Salesforce Sales Cloud migration cost

Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.

Step 1

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Pick a category, then your source and destination platforms.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Trade Service Pro to Salesforce Sales Cloud data migrations

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Most Trade Service Pro to Salesforce migrations complete in 48–72 hours for setups under 25,000 total records. Larger organizations with 100,000+ records, extensive custom fields on jobs and invoices, or multiple business units typically require 7–14 days. The longest planning step is designing the custom Invoice__c and Service_Order__c schema if your Trade Service Pro setup includes job-costing or multi-line invoicing.

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Related migrations to explore

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